Uber works in Delhi.. but there's strike going on due to fuel prices hike... You could have taken metro directly from New Delhi metro station to Hauzkhas.. it takes less than $1, faster and air conditioned transport... Could easily save you some bucks and hustle of getting an uber
Actually Uber drivers don't get to know the drop location so they usually call up to ask (ideally they shouldn't) the destination before accepting the trip to avoid busy or remote areas where they won't find a return ride or spend hours in traffic. In such cases it's usually a loss for them burning extra fuel so they avoid accepting such trips. It's a known issue and Uber is trying to find a way around it by perhaps by compensating drivers for such trips. Another reason why they might call is to know whether the payment will be in cash or digital. Some prefer upfront cash.
@@akshitdadhwal Backpackers looking for a safe space go to Paharganj. Tourists generally want to see the sights and experience the old parts of town rather than sanitised "Western-type" areas that are similar to home.
Keep up the good work man. You're one of the few vloggers I enjoy watching. Perhaps because you have a sense of understanding of the culture. It's unfortunate that you couldn't travel North East because of the weather conditions but hoping for an exciting journey next time Cheers !
M glad that you tried other areas in Delhi. For commuting, you could rely on Delhi metro. It now covers almost every landmark. I wonder how you decide which locations tol visit.
wow 6 weeks went so fast....im sad you are leaving....i certainly recommend Bodh Gaya which seemed more on the level of village/small town and was full of Tibetan monks at the Mahabodhi temple. I doubt there is another place like it in India. I also totally love Amritsar and the Golden temple. I spent many hours there and washed the dishes every day and it's incredibly good for the soul to see how the Sikhs can feed up to 100,000 people for free every day in the Gurdwara. They run the whole operation with a military precision and it's a marvel to behold. Good luck on your next adventure. I guess you are there already and maybe missing the curry.
There are many places like Bodh gaya like Nalanda, Sarnath, Rajgir etc. There is also Tibetan Buddhism in India in places like Sikkim, Ladakh, Tawang. Tawang has the 2nd largest Buddhist monastery in the world.
I just moved to Delhi three weeks ago . I am an American and visited hous khas in the evening... It was a great place to hangout have a few beer...... A place called gypsy cafe drew my liking a lot
There you are! Was wondering how you were as we've been spoilt with so many vids lately, almost every day! Looks like you're having a fun and interesting time, happy travels!
Hey Gabriel, I’ve stayed in South Delhi and enjoyed it, my guess is your off to Nepal, but that’s where I would be heading, your a mystery and a man of many surprises, where ever you go I wish you safe travels, but fingers crossed it’s Nepal. 🤞🏻
UBER service is deteriorating in India now a days. Recently had lots of experience where the uber simply will not show up after booking and I have to pay that 20rs cancellation fee for no reason. I am starting to wonder if that is some sort of scam.
Go to your trips sections in the app and under your canceled trip select 'Driver didn't show up/ Driver asked to cancel'. It will automatically refund your cancelation fee
Hey Gabriel, you should have gone to Lodhi Park, Humayun's tomb, GK, and South Ex (markets) which was also in South Delhi. I wish I could meet you in Delhi but now you are leaving.
Can you elaborate on how easy/hard it is to find accomodation that accepts foreigners each night as you move around India? Do you need to book ahead? Can you just show up at a guest house? Do you negotiate prices?
All accommodation in India accepts foreigners. You can just show up or book in advance online. I use booking.com a lot. Finding a place to stay in India is pretty easy, though the quality is highly variable.
loved loved loved videos in India. Love your walking travel stories. Shows the real truth about travel ,sometimes is very confusing and frustrating. Thanks so much Gabe. I watch your videos daily. If you do not have new videos I watch the old ones.
My experience with Uber in India was similar. The driver never showed up and eventually we got a small charge for supposedly not being at the pickup point. Ola, on the other hand, worked flawlessly. (Ola is the Indian version of Uber.)
Great crawl.. loving these smaller quieter areas they have as much to offer as the busiest cities obviously there is flower to be found and smoked. I know they have bhang available during religious festivals and that hoegarden looked good!
As a Delhi resident, I have only been twice in my whole life out of 50 years to Paharganj. I do not why every foreigners goes to Paharganj. May be because of cheap hotels. Even Delhiites rarely go there. It is too crowded. They show Paharganj and then extrapolate it to whole Delhi.
Cheap hotels, it's right next to the train station, lots of restaurants and shops, fellow travelers are there and it's super vibrant and interesting. Having been to other parts of Delhi I find that Paharganj is still the best place to stay as a traveler.
Having been born and raised in Delhi I went to Paharganj 500 times for cheap drinks and opportunity to meet world travelers. Although not always a great experience.
Im soooo disappointed you leaving India so soon. So much to see and do there. Paharganj is made up around backpacker scene. Please try to wander outisde the backpacker trail. Touch real India. Good luck!🌸😊
No uber for me in India... in Amsterdam they canceled last moment on me when I was trying to get to the airport. There's a $40 flat rate the taxis offer to the airport I actually got lucky hotel owner called somebody (taxi) they knew and I got there in time... scary.
I've been watching your channel since 2016. I really enjoy your videos. Such a pleasure to have found them and to continue to watch old and new videos. Cheers Gabriel from a fellow Californian.
I remember the old days when you had to beg taxi or rikshaw drivers in Delhi to take you. Uber/ola changed that for a time but now they are trying the same tricks. It looks like corporate honchos of the said apps are not interested in straightening them out either.
I stayed at an air bnb right by these ruins! I woke up looking at those ruins every morning while I was there. Jai Hind Gabriel and hope you enjoyed your time in India! Stay hydrated!
So where are you going next? What will be your 81st country? What countries could you get to from Delhi that you wouldn't have been to before? Maldives? Seychelles? Mauritius? Didn't you say that you were going to SE Asia? If so, Vietnam? Cambodia? Laos? Or are you heading north to Central Asia? To Africa? Can't wait to find out.
He has not been to Russia. Mark from Wolters World has been to Russia and has some videos from there. Mark also went to Rwanda and Tanzania in Africa and had some good things to say about those places. Gabriel has not been there in Africa
@@goostrey4210 there are english speaking countries to which Gabriel hasnt been, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand... Mark from Wolters World lived in Australia when he was a student but doesnt have videos from there because at that time he was not making videos for Wolters World
@@dreamthedream8929 Yes... but I don't think that Gabriel and Mark Wolters are trying to do the same thing at all. Wolters does useful tourist information in his inimitable enthusiastic style; Gabriel is a much more laid back, a traveler focused on the experience of his own travels. They each have a place: I watch Wolters for places I am going; I watch Gabe to simply enjoy the ways he enjoys the world. I travel like Gabe, not Wolters, and Gabe's videos help me get through the pandemic in a way that Wolters' don't.
@@goostrey4210 yes sure their content styles are different and a different way of traveling as well, i think Mark often travels with his family or friends. I simply said there are such country options that perhaps Gabriel may consider and that Mark has videos on that and that he doesnt have any from Australia as that was before his youtube channel time. For people that speak English Australia would seem like a good and obvious choice. Mark is also a spanish speaker which makes his travels in latin america easier, he seems to like Argentina a lot where he studied spanish, im waiting on his colombian videos where i am right now, i read that he likes and recommends cartagena, thats where i live right now
Hi Gabe: Thoroughly enjoyed your India series. i am pretty sure you will visit India again in the future to cover the places you have never been to. Looking forward to videos from the new country (by the way, why the suspense?).
Yeah I thought I would film more there but it took a while to catch up with the video editing. Then I started thinking about where to go next, found a good flight and decided it was time for a new adventure.
@@dee74raz May be he has hinted it will be a new country for him so let me rethink he has been to combodia , Thailand , Vietnam , philipines ,south Korea,Japan etc.
U cud go to green park Market,Green park Market has lot of cafes n eating joints ,there is Rajinder ka dhaba very famous eating joint in safderjung enclave
Excellent North India series! For future India travels might like to check ''Dev Darshan Express' which is a new train launched covering the four Dham's along with other places, all inclusive tour of 16 days costs circa $1000.00 two restaurants along with many other facilities of a luxury hotel inside a train.
I guess Uber updates their time to be taken for pick up based on evolving traffic congestion scenario and that is how duration of wait jumped. Or if the Uber cab is to arrive from opposite flank, the embedded Google map service does not recognize the absence of scope for a U turn (due to presence of flank divider) and the cab has to take a longer route for U turn to arrive at the pick up point which is how the duration of wait can also jump.
My personal review and thoughts about Gab recent visit : 1)He could have traveled in a comfortable by hiring car [or in some cases rented car ] . So many Indian travel comfortably to places he visited. But may be Gab wants challenges and thats why he chose to hop on daily commuters and shared taxis which are usually used by local village/town commuters between nearby towns. But this resulted in wastage of time and as a result he was exhausted. India has changed a lot and there are various options to travel. You can watch so many videos of Indians taking car and going to Chopta comfortable. Trains are also good option and there are several tourist trains at IRCTC tourism website which could have been used for some tours .Off course it requires a bit planning and I think Gab just planned this in a hurry.Viewers also want to see Indian trains .But atleast a sleeper class [General is not used for long journey] 2)At little but of planning would have helped 3)Although viewers enjoy challenges but it becomes boring after a while. Same old story of struggle when we know it can be traveled comfortably. 4)I guess if he concentrates on commentary of places he visit[he is good orator] that will be nicer. 5)Because of above he lost so much time and I was hoping he could do a north east I think next time Gab would plan and travel comfortably so that we can have more contenet rather than these "struggling" videos.May be next time he can hire a taxi for multiple places which is more cost effective and less stressful.
Yeah, true .....sometimes I also do something like this when visiting a place alone. But yeah,this is too exhausting...specially in all this heat. But some ppl are stubborn ,I guess😅
@@nikhilkay1 I dont think it was cheap for him considering hassles. For example he paid RS 3300 [I think] to reach Chopta which was not even private as he rented from small town which they wont follow strict rules. I have not taken tour of Uttarakhand but I got to see another Indian blogger visa2explore " EP 1 Haridwar to Yamunotri Dham Via Mussoorie | Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra" and he gives detailed cost breakdown including hotel stay and according to him he had hired car for Rs 4500 per day which was fair .For example(this is just suggestion): I think, he could have straight gone to Haridwar by bus or train which is a big city in Uttrakhand and from there he could have rented from a proper car rental agency and he could have avoided staying in small towns and shitty hotels. visa2explore gives pretty good detailed cost breakdown and is not on expensive range but affordable. In the end, you dont have to be burned out and enjoy travel .
Its not what Gab thought...It is a student hangout area.Hauz Khas has India's premier technical institute IIT campus and thats why you see so many students hanging around. I dont know who gave this idea to Gab. Gabriel best friend Karl Rock:) [who thinks every Indian is a scammer] made a video about nicer side of Delhi. He could have consulted him.
@@truthteller2991 Thanks, I hear you---our next long trip will be a fly-into Kolkata, buy a new bike--drive north to Darjeeling and Sikkim, maybe more NEIndia--then over to Nepal---then over to Kashmir. Picking out the best&beautiful weather times, leaving the bike in storage--fly back and forth from Bali, our surfing homeland. ~~Gabriel is a Legend~~
@@truthteller2991 Thanks and Cheers>>>Izumi and I come from organic farmers--so to be in all organic Sikkim will be extra fun++plus I have Kagyu (Kalu Rinpoche) and Dzogchen (Chögyal NamkhaiNorbu) in my history. Izumi paints excellent Buddhas, most recently "Healing Buddha"
Would've been interesting had you visited Qutub Minar Complex given your understanding of architecture. The Mosque there was constructed using the remains of 27 demolished Hindu and Jain temples. It was also the first mosque constructed in Delhi. So on first glance it'd instantly remind you of the temples you saw in Madhya Pradesh. 😅 the first time I visited the place I was so confused till I read the info board.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos most amazing thing to see in Qutb minar complex is Iron pillar of Delhi which is 1600 years old iron pillar still standing without corrosion, it represents advance metallurgy knowledge of ancient India and there is inscription on that pillar of Emperor Chandragupta of Gupta empire, he is considered as one of greatest emperor. Why you don't visit Ajanta caves , Elephanta caves , Barabar caves , Ellora caves? You should visit Nalanda University ruins , step well And Maru Gurjar style architecture of gujrat
@@GabrielTravelerVideos For most visitors, the most interesting part of the Qutub Minar complex is the Qutub Minar, an ornately constructed, 273 foot tall minaret built by Muslim invaders that preceded the Mughals by three centuries.
It is interesting to me that as Hindu nationalistic propaganda spreads, more and more of the great Muslim-built and Mughal-built monuments are supposedly built from the ruins of Hindu temples, or on the site of Hindu temples, or some other BS that is intended to make Muslims look bad or allow Hindus to take some credit for them. Most of these claims are easily discredited due to the contemporary accounts written by foreign visitors and diplomats who documented the construction. That said, it is equally true that local Hindu craftsmen were renowned for their skill and deserve credit for the construction of many of these monuments, even if the designs were Islamic in origin. Indian craftsmen were so revered that they were typically part of the plunder that accompanied foreign invaders when they left India.
@@timothylinn 'supposedly built from temple ruins'. Dude these are UNESCO heritage sites. I mean, it's literally inscribed on the walls of the Mosque how it was built by demolishing temples,incase you didn't know. Pretty sure you aren't aware of Indian history. Would suggest reading up a bit:)
both uber and ola work great but sometimes you have bad days. i had 4 declines on uber and ola yesterday i was trying to book a rental for 4 hour. they tend to cancel rides if the drive is longer than they wanna go. eventually, i found one ride and I had to convince him it will only be 2 hours only
Plus perhaps its a cooler land which woudnt be sri lanka or maldives. Did he say in this video that itll be 81st country? If he didnt then it very well may not be and perhaps he went back to norway to show the landscapes there
Once took journey from Paddington, London to Luton International Airport. At first was thinking that hour or so will be enough by asking woman in train station, but my flight was 5.30AM. I get in underground..not working, got to take a cab from Paddington to other nearby station. There I figure my train I was asking for not going 24/7, not at night time, so I ask around and I know there is bus to Luton, town nearby, but not the airport itself. Ok out of options taking bus, but bus arrives to middle of the night with no one around in town not even taxies. So lucky me there is a man nearby I ask him how to get there. He says take train nearby. Oh so there is train only wasnt stopping in my station in London. Ok.I run to get tickets, and finally I appear in the Airport after 5 hours, from 11pm to 4am in airport... I go through all lines of security checks up, its 5am, right before flight. Thanks fate I didnt stick to my first plan that travel to airport would take me 1-2 hours. Btw it was my first visit to the UK
I had a similar experience in 2006 flying out of Delhi and during that time Delhi had separate domestic and international airports. Of course it was my fault to some extent. My luggage was already checked through to its final US destination from Kolkata but I thought I had to reclaim it in Delhi. Barely made it on time to the international terminal after catching a cab.But fortunately now both the domestic and internarional airports are in the same location in Delhi...and yes Hauz Khas ...one om my mother's friends used to live there and visited it in 1974 when I was 16 years of age ....nice to see it again ...that same lake...
metro is the cheapest and quickest way to get around in dehli particularly for far distances unless ofcourse if u want to experience the city vehicular traffic and spot viewing etc
@u nd me! i am a peace loving central indian who visited both north and south but not east. I love popcorn fights between north and south.Central India is a very peaceful region.
I do not know what was the issue with your Uber, we Indians use Uber almost everyday and it works all fine. I believe the driver does not wanted to come to the chaotic paharganj area. It happens sometimes when the area is chaotic the drivers ask the users to come to a near by place where it will be easy for both to leave the place without wasting time or else it will take hell lot of time just to cross the chaotic road.
Thank You for your excellent North India videos, really enjoyed them and learned a lot, also for answering all my questions. (Also thanks to all people in the comments, who answered my questions) Hope you're visiting Sri Lanka now and wish you an awesome time there! Visited the county in a short trip in autumn 2019 and really enjoyed it and hopeing to return one day. Just visited Sigirya, Kandy, Ella and Colombo and planning to explore more in the future.
Unfortunately they're going through tough times right now, not good for tourists to visit. Riots, power cuts, burning down homes of politicians, the prime minister resigned, etc. Hopefully they get it all sorted fairly soon so it's safe to visit again, because I'd love to see it.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Hopeing the same. Saw a few Sri Lanka travel videos based on TH-cam suggestions in the last weeks and was first thinking, why they are visiting now and if it's safe to do so. I now understand that some people want to do that now, to help the tourism industry and outside of the capital there are no violent protests. But I totally understand that you want to wait for a better time, especially as a full time traveler. If I would visit now, I would just use public transport, to not take the taxi and fuel of a local who might not be able to pay the price that I'm able to pay.
I thought you were just getting started TBH and going south next. The views on the Indian videos look great too. What happened? Is the vibe off from that Himalayan trip? Or are you meeting up with someone or something?
Its simply what he does, he moves around a lot. He rarely stays in one city or country for 2 or more months. I think he doesnt do monthly stays/rents. Other travel content creators stay longer in one place. William Taudiem stayed in Mexico for 2 years. While other content creators such as Jonna Jinton who also is from Sweden rarely move at all
It was an incredible journey. I appreciate the way you filmed it. I learn so much from your videos. I think if I visited India, I would like to stay in nice hotels at least part of the time.
What a welcoming concept to charge foreigners more than ten times as much as natives to visit a temple Regardless if it’s still cheap or not. Otherwise this area looked pretty nice and somewhat quieter but I would still pick the area you normally stay near the new train station imo.
37 $ hotel room with bucket in bathroom i guess instead of working shower 6 $ beer 15 $ menu in a place with broken stairs missing glass protection dirty windows exposed rebars,dirt in every corner ? it seems India didn't change much only prices i am used to dirty hotel rooms and crumbling infrastructure but not at level of european prices
well look at the reviews of the hotel before staying there .south delhi is expensive so be ready to get what you pay for.in mumbai you wont even get a shack for this prize
Hi Gabriel, What is the length of time you can stay in India? Fascinating setting it seems more of a trendy area of the city for younger people a bit more upscale if I'm not mistaken there must include small communities of Arabs that speak Hindu and still live in India. The intense journey of six weeks was extraordinarily long and you feel you needed to see more wonderment.
No small communities of arab in Hauj Khas or nicer parts of Delhi so to speak of. The congested Paharganj locality he showed earlier actually has significantly greater percentage of Muslim population compared to Hauj Khas and South Delhi (mostly of Indian ancestry, not arabs- their forefathers used to be hindus and converted at some point during invasion and Islamic rule over India; in fact the medieval invaders were more Turko-Mongol-Afghans than arabs).
I have a ten-year visa for India which Americans can get, but I can only stay for six months at a time, then must leave and can re-enter. There are different visas available, for one month, two months, six months, etc.
India has around 200million muslims (2nd largest population after Indonesia). Islamic invasions and forced conversions were not done by Arabs, but by Turks and Afghans. Afghanistan too was a Buddhist region before it became Islamic.
In 2017 upon arriving in Paharganj I was told there was some kind of civil uprising by the taxi driver who tried to get me to the other side of Delhi (for 100 USD a night) but I suspected the scam. It turned out the Taxi driver was lying about the civil unrest but seems interesting to explore the high tea places like Hauz Khas.
GABE bro' just wanna thank you big time for your 2022 Incredible India 🇮🇳 vlogs. I really have enjoyed them. Keep on truckin'dude 😎👍🏻.
Jai Hind!
Uber works in Delhi.. but there's strike going on due to fuel prices hike... You could have taken metro directly from New Delhi metro station to Hauzkhas.. it takes less than $1, faster and air conditioned transport... Could easily save you some bucks and hustle of getting an uber
Actually Uber drivers don't get to know the drop location so they usually call up to ask (ideally they shouldn't) the destination before accepting the trip to avoid busy or remote areas where they won't find a return ride or spend hours in traffic. In such cases it's usually a loss for them burning extra fuel so they avoid accepting such trips. It's a known issue and Uber is trying to find a way around it by perhaps by compensating drivers for such trips. Another reason why they might call is to know whether the payment will be in cash or digital. Some prefer upfront cash.
Hauz Khas looks like a wonderful neighborhood!! Much more inviting.
Looks like there's a lot to see and do in this area and not too hectic too. Thanks for the videos from India Gabriel.
Only old parts of India are hectic….majority of Indians avoid such places but for some reason it’s very popular foreign tourists.
Actually foreigners have some obsession with paharganj and old Delhi area .. central and south Delhi is where maximum people educated ones hang out
@@akshitdadhwal Backpackers looking for a safe space go to Paharganj. Tourists generally want to see the sights and experience the old parts of town rather than sanitised "Western-type" areas that are similar to home.
India series was awesome. Loved seeing the mountain adventure as well.
Keep up the good work man. You're one of the few vloggers I enjoy watching. Perhaps because you have a sense of understanding of the culture. It's unfortunate that you couldn't travel North East because of the weather conditions but hoping for an exciting journey next time
Cheers !
M glad that you tried other areas in Delhi. For commuting, you could rely on Delhi metro. It now covers almost every landmark. I wonder how you decide which locations tol visit.
Your India series are always mind-blowing, crazy and epic
wow 6 weeks went so fast....im sad you are leaving....i certainly recommend Bodh Gaya which seemed more on the level of village/small town and was full of Tibetan monks at the Mahabodhi temple. I doubt there is another place like it in India. I also totally love Amritsar and the Golden temple. I spent many hours there and washed the dishes every day and it's incredibly good for the soul to see how the Sikhs can feed up to 100,000 people for free every day in the Gurdwara. They run the whole operation with a military precision and it's a marvel to behold. Good luck on your next adventure. I guess you are there already and maybe missing the curry.
There are many places like Bodh gaya like Nalanda, Sarnath, Rajgir etc. There is also Tibetan Buddhism in India in places like Sikkim, Ladakh, Tawang. Tawang has the 2nd largest Buddhist monastery in the world.
It’s just 22 degress in Bangalore (1000 meters above sea level)
More beautiful architecture, Gabriel. Looking forward to your next adventure ❤️🌟🤗☀️🎺🌻🫖
I just moved to Delhi three weeks ago . I am an American and visited hous khas in the evening... It was a great place to hangout have a few beer...... A place called gypsy cafe drew my liking a lot
Delhi is of great historical significance as an important commercial, transport, and cultural hub, as well as the political centre of India.
Greetings to you my dear sending you greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
There you are! Was wondering how you were as we've been spoilt with so many vids lately, almost every day! Looks like you're having a fun and interesting time, happy travels!
My favourite was Kalinjar , i don't know why but that Natraj statue is stuck in my mind.
Good to have you here in India, greetings from northeast India. Safe journey to wherever you go
Always so happy to see you back Gabriel ❤️
Hey Gabriel, I’ve stayed in South Delhi and enjoyed it, my guess is your off to Nepal, but that’s where I would be heading, your a mystery and a man of many surprises, where ever you go I wish you safe travels, but fingers crossed it’s Nepal. 🤞🏻
UBER service is deteriorating in India now a days. Recently had lots of experience where the uber simply will not show up after booking and I have to pay that 20rs cancellation fee for no reason.
I am starting to wonder if that is some sort of scam.
Go to your trips sections in the app and under your canceled trip select 'Driver didn't show up/ Driver asked to cancel'. It will automatically refund your cancelation fee
I hope you had great trip in India till now, I would love to see you again in India 🙏🇮🇳🙏.
Safe ✈️ flight….post soon so we know you arrived safely….dhanyavad for so many vlogs of Mata Bharat….my guess is that it’s a cooler land 🕉
Hey Gabriel, you should have gone to Lodhi Park, Humayun's tomb, GK, and South Ex (markets) which was also in South Delhi. I wish I could meet you in Delhi but now you are leaving.
what's GK? Indians use so much Acronym, it's hard to know what they are talking about.
Can you elaborate on how easy/hard it is to find accomodation that accepts foreigners each night as you move around India? Do you need to book ahead? Can you just show up at a guest house? Do you negotiate prices?
All accommodation in India accepts foreigners. You can just show up or book in advance online. I use booking.com a lot. Finding a place to stay in India is pretty easy, though the quality is highly variable.
loved loved loved videos in India. Love your walking travel stories. Shows the real truth about travel ,sometimes is very confusing and frustrating. Thanks so much Gabe. I watch your videos daily. If you do not have new videos I watch the old ones.
Looks like a more chilled out area of Delhi.
My experience with Uber in India was similar. The driver never showed up and eventually we got a small charge for supposedly not being at the pickup point. Ola, on the other hand, worked flawlessly. (Ola is the Indian version of Uber.)
Good luck for your upcoming trips Gabriel!!
And keep the videos coming😊
Gabe, i thoroughly enjoyed your latest India travels and vlogs, looking forward to your next destination. Take care 🙂
Great crawl.. loving these smaller quieter areas they have as much to offer as the busiest cities obviously there is flower to be found and smoked. I know they have bhang available during religious festivals and that hoegarden looked good!
Hauz Khas is a very famous place to learn about indian history.
In Pahar Ganj, life is very pleasant...
As a Delhi resident, I have only been twice in my whole life out of 50 years to Paharganj. I do not why every foreigners goes to Paharganj. May be because of cheap hotels. Even Delhiites rarely go there. It is too crowded. They show Paharganj and then extrapolate it to whole Delhi.
Cheap hotels, it's right next to the train station, lots of restaurants and shops, fellow travelers are there and it's super vibrant and interesting. Having been to other parts of Delhi I find that Paharganj is still the best place to stay as a traveler.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Try zostel at Hauz khas & hotels around the Lutyens zone which is much greener
Having been born and raised in Delhi I went to Paharganj 500 times for cheap drinks and opportunity to meet world travelers. Although not always a great experience.
Im soooo disappointed you leaving India so soon. So much to see and do there. Paharganj is made up around backpacker scene. Please try to wander outisde the backpacker trail. Touch real India. Good luck!🌸😊
You could have used the Delhi metro from Paharganj to Hauz Khas. Would have cost you little less than a dollar.
No uber for me in India... in Amsterdam they canceled last moment on me when I was trying to get to the airport. There's a $40 flat rate the taxis offer to the airport I actually got lucky hotel owner called somebody (taxi) they knew and I got there in time... scary.
Sauntering, Wandering , and checking things out...only way to Roll. Chill Vlog with some great perspectives.
I've been watching your channel since 2016. I really enjoy your videos. Such a pleasure to have found them and to continue to watch old and new videos. Cheers Gabriel from a fellow Californian.
I remember the old days when you had to beg taxi or rikshaw drivers in Delhi to take you. Uber/ola changed that for a time but now they are trying the same tricks. It looks like corporate honchos of the said apps are not interested in straightening them out either.
Fantastic series Gabe
There's nothing quite like a Hoegaarden on a hot day. Safe travels, take it easy!
I stayed at an air bnb right by these ruins! I woke up looking at those ruins every morning while I was there. Jai Hind Gabriel and hope you enjoyed your time in India! Stay hydrated!
Social and smoke house delhi is very good in hauz khas village, social has a lovely lake view
So where are you going next? What will be your 81st country? What countries could you get to from Delhi that you wouldn't have been to before? Maldives? Seychelles? Mauritius? Didn't you say that you were going to SE Asia? If so, Vietnam? Cambodia? Laos? Or are you heading north to Central Asia? To Africa? Can't wait to find out.
He has not been to Russia. Mark from Wolters World has been to Russia and has some videos from there. Mark also went to Rwanda and Tanzania in Africa and had some good things to say about those places. Gabriel has not been there in Africa
@@dreamthedream8929
Gabe would be crazy to fly to Russia now. I'm pretty sure that is not on the cards.
@@goostrey4210 there are english speaking countries to which Gabriel hasnt been, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand... Mark from Wolters World lived in Australia when he was a student but doesnt have videos from there because at that time he was not making videos for Wolters World
@@dreamthedream8929 Yes... but I don't think that Gabriel and Mark Wolters are trying to do the same thing at all. Wolters does useful tourist information in his inimitable enthusiastic style; Gabriel is a much more laid back, a traveler focused on the experience of his own travels. They each have a place: I watch Wolters for places I am going; I watch Gabe to simply enjoy the ways he enjoys the world. I travel like Gabe, not Wolters, and Gabe's videos help me get through the pandemic in a way that Wolters' don't.
@@goostrey4210 yes sure their content styles are different and a different way of traveling as well, i think Mark often travels with his family or friends. I simply said there are such country options that perhaps Gabriel may consider and that Mark has videos on that and that he doesnt have any from Australia as that was before his youtube channel time. For people that speak English Australia would seem like a good and obvious choice. Mark is also a spanish speaker which makes his travels in latin america easier, he seems to like Argentina a lot where he studied spanish, im waiting on his colombian videos where i am right now, i read that he likes and recommends cartagena, thats where i live right now
Hi Gabe: Thoroughly enjoyed your India series. i am pretty sure you will visit India again in the future to cover the places you have never been to. Looking forward to videos from the new country (by the way, why the suspense?).
Was hoping for more Rishikesh vids, but oh well... I've been watching your old ones the past few days anyway. Excited to see your next stop 🤙
Yeah I thought I would film more there but it took a while to catch up with the video editing. Then I started thinking about where to go next, found a good flight and decided it was time for a new adventure.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos but you could visited kedarnath temple that temple is very important and that is very excellent place to visit
@@GabrielTravelerVideos is it Bangladesh ?New country for you 🤔.
@@deveshdikshit90 I got a feeling it’s somewhere in south east asia
@@dee74raz May be he has hinted it will be a new country for him so let me rethink he has been to combodia , Thailand , Vietnam , philipines ,south Korea,Japan etc.
U cud go to green park Market,Green park Market has lot of cafes n eating joints ,there is Rajinder ka dhaba very famous eating joint in safderjung enclave
Thank you Gabriel 😎☀️❤ beautiful sights!
Excellent North India series! For future India travels might like to check ''Dev Darshan Express' which is a new train launched covering the four Dham's along with other places, all inclusive tour of 16 days costs circa $1000.00 two restaurants along with many other facilities of a luxury hotel inside a train.
I guess Uber updates their time to be taken for pick up based on evolving traffic congestion scenario and that is how duration of wait jumped. Or if the Uber cab is to arrive from opposite flank, the embedded Google map service does not recognize the absence of scope for a U turn (due to presence of flank divider) and the cab has to take a longer route for U turn to arrive at the pick up point which is how the duration of wait can also jump.
My personal review and thoughts about Gab recent visit :
1)He could have traveled in a comfortable by hiring car [or in some cases rented car ] . So many Indian travel comfortably to places he visited.
But may be Gab wants challenges and thats why he chose to hop on daily commuters and shared taxis which are usually used by local village/town commuters between nearby towns. But this resulted in wastage of time and as a result he was exhausted. India has changed a lot and there are various options to travel. You can watch so many videos of Indians taking car and going to Chopta comfortable. Trains are also good option and there are several tourist trains at IRCTC tourism website which could have been used for some tours .Off course it requires a bit planning and I think Gab just planned this in a hurry.Viewers also want to see Indian trains .But atleast a sleeper class [General is not used for long journey]
2)At little but of planning would have helped
3)Although viewers enjoy challenges but it becomes boring after a while. Same old story of struggle when we know it can be traveled comfortably.
4)I guess if he concentrates on commentary of places he visit[he is good orator] that will be nicer.
5)Because of above he lost so much time and I was hoping he could do a north east
I think next time Gab would plan and travel comfortably so that we can have more contenet rather than these "struggling" videos.May be next time he can hire a taxi for multiple places which is more cost effective and less stressful.
Yeah, true
.....sometimes I also do something like this when visiting a place alone.
But yeah,this is too exhausting...specially in all this heat.
But some ppl are stubborn ,I guess😅
he likes to travel in a cheaper way. Wouldn't hiring a car be expensive?
@@nikhilkay1 I dont think it was cheap for him considering hassles. For example he paid RS 3300 [I think] to reach Chopta which was not even private as he rented from small town which they wont follow strict rules.
I have not taken tour of Uttarakhand but I got to see another Indian blogger visa2explore " EP 1 Haridwar to Yamunotri Dham Via Mussoorie | Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra"
and he gives detailed cost breakdown including hotel stay and according to him he had hired car for Rs 4500 per day which was fair .For example(this is just suggestion): I think, he could have straight gone to Haridwar by bus or train which is a big city in Uttrakhand and from there he could have rented from a proper car rental agency and he could have avoided staying in small towns and shitty hotels.
visa2explore gives pretty good detailed cost breakdown and is not on expensive range but affordable. In the end, you dont have to be burned out and enjoy travel .
thank you, this was excellent....never seen Delhi like this...next time we will go there to stay..to this... a more chilled-out area.
Its not what Gab thought...It is a student hangout area.Hauz Khas has India's premier technical institute IIT campus and thats why you see so many students hanging around. I dont know who gave this idea to Gab. Gabriel best friend Karl Rock:) [who thinks every Indian is a scammer] made a video about nicer side of Delhi. He could have consulted him.
@@truthteller2991 Thanks, I hear you---our next long trip will be a fly-into Kolkata, buy a new bike--drive north to Darjeeling and Sikkim, maybe more NEIndia--then over to Nepal---then over to Kashmir. Picking out the best&beautiful weather times, leaving the bike in storage--fly back and forth from Bali, our surfing homeland. ~~Gabriel is a Legend~~
@@Sahajayana-Nirvanasara u would love Sikkim 100% but remember some places u need transit pass as that state borders China.
@@truthteller2991 Thanks and Cheers>>>Izumi and I come from organic farmers--so to be in all organic Sikkim will be extra fun++plus I have Kagyu (Kalu Rinpoche) and Dzogchen (Chögyal NamkhaiNorbu) in my history. Izumi paints excellent Buddhas, most recently "Healing Buddha"
Would've been interesting had you visited Qutub Minar Complex given your understanding of architecture. The Mosque there was constructed using the remains of 27 demolished Hindu and Jain temples. It was also the first mosque constructed in Delhi. So on first glance it'd instantly remind you of the temples you saw in Madhya Pradesh. 😅 the first time I visited the place I was so confused till I read the info board.
Wow, very interesting. I had no idea what it actually was. I'll have to check it out the next time.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos most amazing thing to see in Qutb minar complex is Iron pillar of Delhi which is 1600 years old iron pillar still standing without corrosion, it represents advance metallurgy knowledge of ancient India and there is inscription on that pillar of Emperor Chandragupta of Gupta empire, he is considered as one of greatest emperor. Why you don't visit Ajanta caves , Elephanta caves , Barabar caves , Ellora caves? You should visit Nalanda University ruins , step well And Maru Gurjar style architecture of gujrat
@@GabrielTravelerVideos For most visitors, the most interesting part of the Qutub Minar complex is the Qutub Minar, an ornately constructed, 273 foot tall minaret built by Muslim invaders that preceded the Mughals by three centuries.
It is interesting to me that as Hindu nationalistic propaganda spreads, more and more of the great Muslim-built and Mughal-built monuments are supposedly built from the ruins of Hindu temples, or on the site of Hindu temples, or some other BS that is intended to make Muslims look bad or allow Hindus to take some credit for them. Most of these claims are easily discredited due to the contemporary accounts written by foreign visitors and diplomats who documented the construction. That said, it is equally true that local Hindu craftsmen were renowned for their skill and deserve credit for the construction of many of these monuments, even if the designs were Islamic in origin. Indian craftsmen were so revered that they were typically part of the plunder that accompanied foreign invaders when they left India.
@@timothylinn 'supposedly built from temple ruins'. Dude these are UNESCO heritage sites. I mean, it's literally inscribed on the walls of the Mosque how it was built by demolishing temples,incase you didn't know. Pretty sure you aren't aware of Indian history. Would suggest reading up a bit:)
both uber and ola work great but sometimes you have bad days. i had 4 declines on uber and ola yesterday i was trying to book a rental for 4 hour. they tend to cancel rides if the drive is longer than they wanna go. eventually, i found one ride and I had to convince him it will only be 2 hours only
Your videos breathtaking and always informative. Thank you Gabriel
Thanks for posting the last video, been following your travels through India and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the other side of Delhi, presented here.
I really enjoyed your India series Gabe. It looks a fascinating place to visit. My guess for your 81st country ... Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Keep safe mate 👍
He has not been to the maldives
Plus perhaps its a cooler land which woudnt be sri lanka or maldives. Did he say in this video that itll be 81st country? If he didnt then it very well may not be and perhaps he went back to norway to show the landscapes there
Once took journey from Paddington, London to Luton International Airport. At first was thinking that hour or so will be enough by asking woman in train station, but my flight was 5.30AM. I get in underground..not working, got to take a cab from Paddington to other nearby station. There I figure my train I was asking for not going 24/7, not at night time, so I ask around and I know there is bus to Luton, town nearby, but not the airport itself. Ok out of options taking bus, but bus arrives to middle of the night with no one around in town not even taxies. So lucky me there is a man nearby I ask him how to get there. He says take train nearby. Oh so there is train only wasnt stopping in my station in London. Ok.I run to get tickets, and finally I appear in the Airport after 5 hours, from 11pm to 4am in airport... I go through all lines of security checks up, its 5am, right before flight. Thanks fate I didnt stick to my first plan that travel to airport would take me 1-2 hours. Btw it was my first visit to the UK
I dig that funk at the beginning.
7:15 I live in the locality right behind this temple. :)
Your story on the Uber is so typical of India, had similar with a tour in Mumbi
Its a recent trend. Taxi drivers in India just don't like cheap rates provided by online cab hailing apps especially Uber
love those historical buildings
I had a similar experience in 2006 flying out of Delhi and during that time Delhi had separate domestic and international airports. Of course it was my fault to some extent. My luggage was already checked through to its final US destination from Kolkata but I thought I had to reclaim it in Delhi. Barely made it on time to the international terminal after catching a cab.But fortunately now both the domestic and internarional airports are in the same location in Delhi...and yes Hauz Khas ...one om my mother's friends used to live there and visited it in 1974 when I was 16 years of age ....nice to see it again ...that same lake...
Are Indian slums cleaner than the slums in USA?
Gabriel's vlogs are such a relief to the same vlogs other foreigners make in India ...
Cheers! Please come back soon!
If you go to Hauz Khas you MUST take a drink or a meal at Hauz Khas Social ! It's such a great place
It's been shut since the pandemic started unfortunately. Great place !
metro is the cheapest and quickest way to get around in dehli particularly for far distances unless ofcourse if u want to experience the city vehicular traffic and spot viewing etc
6 weeks??? Time definitely moves too quickly.
Best of luck Gabriel for your new country visit. Your video are raw and very very interesting. Enjoy :)
I am South Indian who never visited North India
@u nd me! i am a peace loving central indian who visited both north and south but not east. I love popcorn fights between north and south.Central India is a very peaceful region.
I'm a non índia who has neves been to the country, take me for a tour in your city lets do some street food tour lol
@@lucasfreire8360 always welcome
I always frequented this Jagannath temple, I lived nearby and my office was also nearby.
Bro that trippy hippie Cafe is only for weed smokers. So you've gotten your own weed from subhash nagar
I do not know what was the issue with your Uber, we Indians use Uber almost everyday and it works all fine. I believe the driver does not wanted to come to the chaotic paharganj area. It happens sometimes when the area is chaotic the drivers ask the users to come to a near by place where it will be easy for both to leave the place without wasting time or else it will take hell lot of time just to cross the chaotic road.
It made me smile when I heard you say that in the Himalayas, it’s hard to find alcohol. You said that so naturally, but it’s also kind of funny. 😂😊
Not difficult at all , It depends on which city you visit. You can even find Alcohol in Rishikesh as well.
Thank You for your excellent North India videos, really enjoyed them and learned a lot, also for answering all my questions. (Also thanks to all people in the comments, who answered my questions)
Hope you're visiting Sri Lanka now and wish you an awesome time there! Visited the county in a short trip in autumn 2019 and really enjoyed it and hopeing to return one day. Just visited Sigirya, Kandy, Ella and Colombo and planning to explore more in the future.
Unfortunately they're going through tough times right now, not good for tourists to visit. Riots, power cuts, burning down homes of politicians, the prime minister resigned, etc. Hopefully they get it all sorted fairly soon so it's safe to visit again, because I'd love to see it.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Hopeing the same.
Saw a few Sri Lanka travel videos based on TH-cam suggestions in the last weeks and was first thinking, why they are visiting now and if it's safe to do so. I now understand that some people want to do that now, to help the tourism industry and outside of the capital there are no violent protests. But I totally understand that you want to wait for a better time, especially as a full time traveler.
If I would visit now, I would just use public transport, to not take the taxi and fuel of a local who might not be able to pay the price that I'm able to pay.
Would you retire in India? It seems like you like the way India makes you feel.
Awesome watching you travel through India really enjoyed. Thank you! Namaste 🙏🏽
I thought you were just getting started TBH and going south next. The views on the Indian videos look great too. What happened? Is the vibe off from that Himalayan trip? Or are you meeting up with someone or something?
Its simply what he does, he moves around a lot. He rarely stays in one city or country for 2 or more months. I think he doesnt do monthly stays/rents. Other travel content creators stay longer in one place. William Taudiem stayed in Mexico for 2 years. While other content creators such as Jonna Jinton who also is from Sweden rarely move at all
🎉Welcome to India 🇮🇳🥰
Hey, please visit haryana state of India. You'll meet very good and kind people there and explore beautiful villages😊
maam its very hot, how can you explore delhi is such heat..
Good you checked out this area. Beats the tenderloin like paharganj
Thank you l thoroughly enjoyed these past six weeks India trip 🙏
It was an incredible journey. I appreciate the way you filmed it. I learn so much from your videos. I think if I visited India, I would like to stay in nice hotels at least part of the time.
Looks zen compared to Paharganj 😆
What a welcoming concept to charge foreigners more than ten times as much as natives to visit a temple Regardless if it’s still cheap or not. Otherwise this area looked pretty nice and somewhat quieter but I would still pick the area you normally stay near the new train station imo.
The Yeti is a really nice restaurant in Hauz Khas
@Gabriel Traveler do visit northeast india's 7 Sisters
37 $ hotel room with bucket in bathroom i guess instead of working shower 6 $ beer 15 $ menu in a place with broken stairs missing glass protection dirty windows exposed rebars,dirt in every corner ?
it seems India didn't change much only prices
i am used to dirty hotel rooms and crumbling infrastructure but not at level of european prices
well look at the reviews of the hotel before staying there .south delhi is expensive so be ready to get what you pay for.in mumbai you wont even get a shack for this prize
Great video super interesting 👍 👏
Wonderful Indian journey. Thank you.
Hindu temples especially in the north were desecrated and raised to the ground .. some of the carvings were flattened and made into muslim structures
Hi Gabriel, What is the length of time you can stay in India? Fascinating setting it seems more of a trendy area of the city for younger people a bit more upscale if I'm not mistaken there must include small communities of Arabs that speak Hindu and still live in India. The intense journey of six weeks was extraordinarily long and you feel you needed to see more wonderment.
No small communities of arab in Hauj Khas or nicer parts of Delhi so to speak of. The congested Paharganj locality he showed earlier actually has significantly greater percentage of Muslim population compared to Hauj Khas and South Delhi (mostly of Indian ancestry, not arabs- their forefathers used to be hindus and converted at some point during invasion and Islamic rule over India; in fact the medieval invaders were more Turko-Mongol-Afghans than arabs).
I have a ten-year visa for India which Americans can get, but I can only stay for six months at a time, then must leave and can re-enter. There are different visas available, for one month, two months, six months, etc.
India has around 200million muslims (2nd largest population after Indonesia). Islamic invasions and forced conversions were not done by Arabs, but by Turks and Afghans. Afghanistan too was a Buddhist region before it became Islamic.
Great way to end the visit
Hey Gab,
Leaving for Manali, Kasol, Kheerganga and more from Delhi today.
Wanna join ? Haha
In 2017 upon arriving in Paharganj I was told there was some kind of civil uprising by the taxi driver who tried to get me to the other side of Delhi (for 100 USD a night) but I suspected the scam. It turned out the Taxi driver was lying about the civil unrest but seems interesting to explore the high tea places like Hauz Khas.
Looks like a nice area.